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Show JAPAN PRAISED BY BISHOP MUM DETROIT, Oct 14 Shantung, returned re-turned to China bv Japan, would within with-in two years be bartered to some other nation, declared Bishop John McKim of Toklo, to the triennial gen-leral gen-leral convention of the Protestant Episcopal church today, during discussion dis-cussion of mission needs abroad. He ms intained that the recognized Chinese Chi-nese government is corrupt and untrustworthy un-trustworthy and that there is no sta -' ble government to which Japan could return Shantung j Bishop McKim also believed Japan had some good reason for holding Shantung "Japan says she will return re-turn Shantung to China," he continued, contin-ued, "and Japan always keeps her 'word. I wish I could say the name for the United States government." Bishop McKim, in answer to questions, ques-tions, declared that the unjust act? credited to Japan in Korea were not the acts of the Japanese governmen' or the Japanese people and that the guilty soldiers are being courtmartlnl ed Japan, he said has given Korea all of her modern things, roads, courts, schools and sanitation. Bishop Frederick R Graves of 'Shanghai, china, on the Shantung question, declared that it is the opinion opin-ion of every Chinese that "his )i- tion is being torn from him." ( n questions from the floor touching touch-ing the' Shantung and Korean situs tions, Dr Rosewell Page of Yu ginia, declared that it was not "meet lo bring up such political bickering when the greatest man in the world. I perhaps the greatest Christian the world has e er known, is on his sick bed and n!a. perhaps give his life for the cause of peace and civil iCM tion " Dr. Arthur Gray, secretary of the 'hoard of missions for Latin-America. declared that the upholding of the ;Monroe doctrine depends upon the I church showing the world that flu-interests flu-interests of the I nited States in Latin-America .ire protectiev and spun ual as well as material Bishop H R Hulse of Cuba, in :i pba for continuance of church activities activi-ties to bring about closer relationJ between the United States and the south countries, declared that Latin America looks upon the north with "admiration and suspicion." He quo; ed a Latin American wr'ter as sav;ng the three great enemies of Latin -America are Germany , Japan anil ihe Lniled States, and declared ;he church can allay these suspicions. 00 |